píb

See also: pib and PIB

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish pípa, píp, from Vulgar Latin *pīpa, from Latin pipire, pipiare, pipare, from pīpiō (“to chirp, peep”), of imitative origin. Compare Scottish Gaelic pìob. Doublet of píopa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲiːbʲ/

Noun

píb f (genitive singular píbe, nominative plural píoba)

1. (music, construction) pipe
2. (anatomy) windpipe; throat, neck

Declension

Declension of píb

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative píb píoba Vocative a phíb a phíoba Genitive píbe píob Dative píb píoba

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an phíb na píoba Genitive na píbe na bpíob Dative leis an bpíb don phíb leis na píoba

Derived terms

• banna píob m (“pipe band”)
• píb mhála f (“bagpipe”)
• píb uilleann f (“uilleann pipes”)
• píb- (“-throated”)
• píbín (diminutive)
• píblíne f (“pipeline”)
• píobaire m (“piper”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
píb	phíb	bpíb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “píb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pípa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “píb”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “píb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024